View full sizeHillsboro Police DepartmentHillsboro police are investigating a crash involving a tractor-trailer hauling a crane and a school bus that occurred this morning at Northwest Glencoe and Evergreen roads.

Firefighters extricated the bus driver, John Hummel, 64, of Forest Grove, said Lt. Mike Rouches, a Hillsboro police spokesman. Hummel complained of shoulder and neck pain and was taken to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, where he will spend the night for observation, Rouches said.

Police identified the truck's driver as Gary Whitener, 49, of Aumsville. No citations have been issued.

The crash remains under investigation.

Shortly after 8:30 a.m., police and fire crews responded to the crash at the intersection of Northwest Evergreen and Glencoe roads. The bus was stopped in a left-turn lane on westbound Evergreen Road, waiting to travel onto Glencoe Road.

The truck was traveling north on Glencoe Road and began turning right onto Evergreen, when the crane's boom swiveled, Rouches said. The crane then smashed the left, driver's side of the bus, pushing it back and partially onto its side.

It took firefighters 20 minutes to extricate Hummel from the bus, said Storm Smith, a Hillsboro Fire & Rescue spokesman.

A truck inspector was at the scene examining the tractor-trailer to see if the crane's movement was preventable, Rouches said. Police do not think the truck driver was speeding.